BERRIES AND GARDEN 



vantageously be blended with the size and flavor 

 of fruit of the cultivated varieties. 



So it might be possible, by hybridizing the cur- 

 rants and gooseberries with wild species, to pro- 

 duce new types of berries that would retain the 

 attractive qualities of the currant, yet would be 

 as large, let us say, as cherries. Here again the 

 field is one that any amateur may readily enter, 

 now that Mr. Burbank has shown the way. 



A few years ago it would have been thought 

 ridiculous to suggest that our common fruits 

 might thus be modified and developed into new 

 forms with comparative little effort, and in the 

 course of two or three generations. But Mr. Bur- 

 bank has shown that such modifications may be 

 brought about, making the demonstration thou- 

 sands of times over, until no opportunity for 

 skepticism remains. And, as already suggested, 

 there is perhaps no other field that offers more 

 inviting opportunities than those that are to be 

 found in the ordinary small-fruit garden. 



SOME NEW FEUITS 



As illustrating the possibility of making addi- 

 tions to the list of garden fruits, mention may be 

 made of Mr. Burbank 's sunberry, which is a hy- 

 brid between two forms of nightshade, neither of 

 which produces edible fruit. 



This new berry, which is particularly prized for 

 the making of pies, it closely resembles the blue- 

 berry in flavor, is a brand-new addition to the 



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